Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-01
- Excellent and fun gameplay
- Fun with friends multiplayer
- Custom recipe creation system
- Too buggy and unstable
- Worse than first game
- Feels like early access
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMmixedWindows 8-11GB VRAMnegative
Snapshot History
Positive
Negative
114
31%
69%
462
36%
64%
- Sample precision
- Helpful reviews
- 92%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 8%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 36%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 64%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 619
- Negative points
- 1273
- Gameplay points
- 463
- Perf. points
- 113
- Rec. points
- 223
- Misc points
- 4
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Gameplay is excellent and fun
| Players consistently praise the gameplay as smooth, fluid, addicting, and overall very fun. It makes the game highly enjoyable. | 31% |
Fun with friends and multiplayer
| Playing with friends greatly enhances the fun, with the co-op mode being described as dynamic, entertaining, and a core strength of the game. | 31% |
Custom recipe creation system
| The ability to create, customize, and tweak recipes is highly valued. Players enjoy the freedom and creativity this system offers, including making blueprints for weird dishes. | 25% |
Overall quality and potential
| The game is considered a good, decent, or great game overall with strong potential, especially for multiplayer enjoyment and future updates. | 18% |
Better cooking mechanics
| The mechanics are more realistic and detailed, with improved cutting and seasoning systems that enhance the cooking simulation experience. | 18% |
Better than the first game
| Reviewers feel this game is a significant improvement over its predecessor, with better pacing, more enjoyable mechanics, and a more serious tone. It is no longer a rage game. | 15% |
Responsive developers fixing bugs
| The developers are praised for quickly fixing bugs and responding to feedback, which improves the game experience and player trust. | 10% |
Realistic restaurant management sim
| The game offers deep, realistic simulation of restaurant management, including ingredient tastes, diner preferences, and upgrades, making it a great cooking simulator. | 9% |
Enjoyable after learning mechanics
| The game is fun once players understand the mechanics, though it may require some initial learning to fully enjoy. | 9% |
Easier and more accessible than first
| Players find the game easier to handle, gentler, and more convenient compared to the first game, which is seen as a positive improvement. | 7% |
Beautiful food and plating
| Players appreciate that dishes can look beautiful, with nice plating presentation adding to the game's visual appeal. | 5% |